Some people think that this Fahr was called Quraish...
Some people think that this Fahr was called Quraish, and that is why his children came to be known as Quraish. In the fifth generation after Fahr, in the fifth century of the Christian era, a very powerful personality appeared on the scene. He was Qusayy, son of Kilab, son of Murrah, son of Lu'ayy, son of Ghalib, son of Fahr. Many people say that it was not Fahr but Qusayy who was called Quraish.
The famous Muslim scholar Shibli al-Nu’man, writes: “Qusayy became so famous and achieved such a high prestige that some people say that he was the first man to be called Quraish, as Ibn ‘Abdi Rabbih has written in his book Al-’Iqd al-Farid , clearly saying that as Qusayy gathered…
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